Join us on February 26 at 9am ET for a webinar where we discuss the findings and share insights of a new briefing we will publish alongside the European Disability Forum that analyzes the EU Asylum and Migration Pact from a disability perspective. Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law team and our trusted partners at The Advocates for Human Rights, @bergermontague.bsky.social, and @irap.bsky.social will be arguing in the UHA v. Bondi case at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse.  Stay tuned for updates on the case!

“This memo is part of a broad and concerted effort to strip refugees of their legal status and render them deportable. This gov't will clearly stop at nothing to terrorize refugee communities, and really all immigrants, while trampling over our constitutional rights.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...

IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper on DHS's plans to detain refugees: “I am concerned that the Feb. 18 memo and the indiscriminate detention of refugees in Minnesota are the opening salvos in an attack on refugees resettled all over the United States.” Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW: Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court order that delays the Trump Admin’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria while the legal case moves forward. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Important article by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social on the government's efforts to strip legal immigrants and refugees of their status and render them deportable. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

"Compliance with the law is long overdue, and IRAP will continue to hold the government accountable to our Afghan allies who are still at risk from the Taliban." Read more about the current status of the SIV Program: reason.com/2026/02/11/s... via @reason.com

Today one year ago we filed Pacito v. Trump, our lawsuit challenging the suspension of refugee resettlement to the US. Josephine is one of the plaintiffs who was able to successfully resettle and join her family, but the fight to keep resettlement open to many more families seeking safety continues.

IRAP Europe's Legal Director Peter Varga on recent shifts in EU immigration policy towards externalization, "whose primary goal is to keep people out of Europe, despite credible and persistent reports of grave human rights abuses...” eureports.com/2026/02/irre...

NEW: On Friday, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to abide by a plan to adjudicate SIV applications in a timely manner. While the expanded travel ban continues to prevent all Afghan nationals from entering the U.S., COM processing must resume immediately:

NEW on the IRAP blog: the impact of the closure of Safe Mobility Offices (SMOs) and the termination of humanitarian pathways to the US on forced migrants in Costa Rica. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

The failure to authorize more Special Immigrant Visas is a catastrophic betrayal of the allies who supported the U.S mission in Afghanistan and are still at risk from the Taliban. Congress must not leave them behind.

A huge win for Haitian TPS holders last night:

Refugees and asylum seekers are being arrested in Minnesota and flown to Texas. “It really is a campaign of terror. It is designed to scare people." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP

A federal judge has ordered ICE to stop illegally detaining refugees in Minnesota. This is a huge, but temporary win for refugee communities — we must ensure this practice ends for good! Call on your elected officials now to speak out against this injustice and oppose any further ICE funding:

BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability. Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“I fled my home country because I was facing government repression,” wrote a plaintiff who was flown to Texas in shackles after he was abruptly arrested at his home earlier this month. “I can't believe it’s happening again here. It’s chilling and I'm scared.” Article by @alexwoodward.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow! There is still time to register through the link below.

ICYMI: This weekend we sued the Trump administration for its unlawful arrest and detention of refugees. "The lawsuit said... the government was using the operation to 'trigger a mass termination of refugee status' and to make refugees vulnerable to deportation."

“The Trump administration is intentionally and illegally terrorizing resettled refugees who are not accused of any wrongdoing." -- IRAP Staff Attorney Kimberly Grano in @startribune.com coverage of our latest lawsuit: www.startribune.com/class-action...

BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process. Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Join us on Thursday, January 29 at 12pm EST for a virtual event that will shed light on the challenges created for refugees and migrants with disabilities after the first year of the second Trump administration. Register today: refugeerights-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

With ICE now targeting resettled refugees in the US, knowing your rights is more important than ever. Legal resources about what to do if you encounter ICE are available in Somali, Tigrinya, Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Dari, French, Haitian Kreyol, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili and Ukrainian.

Today marks one year since the second inauguration of President Trump, a year defined by the dramatic escalation of abusive attacks on immigrants and the rule of law. Read IRAP's full statement: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

‼️ URGENT: Tell your elected leaders to demand the termination of Operation PARRIS and full transparency for any refugees arrested, detained, interviewed, or removed. Take action now: rcusa.org/urgent-actio...

"Nothing like this has ever happened before,” IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper, VP of US legal programs, told @washingtonpost.com about the detention of refugees in MN. “It’s very important to see this as an escalation of existing ICE attacks on immigrant and American communities."

Read IRAP's full statement denouncing the Trump administration’s lawless and inhumane arrest and detention of resettled refugees: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

"Mr. Trump should confirm the legal status of all the Afghan refugees who came to the United States under the resettlement programs and reopen their pathways to permanent lawful residence here." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/o...

Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Guántanamo's opening, IRAP joined 114 other organizations in a joint statement calling for the facility to be permanently closed. Read the joint statement: www.cvt.org/statements/g...

Minnesota communities are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time Minnesotans alike. We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories. www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...

We are proud to share IRAP’s 2025 Annual Report highlighting what we have achieved together over the past year: refugeerights.org/wp-content/u...

Punishing millions of immigrants because of their nationality is immoral, unlawful, and deeply un-American. We deserve policies rooted in dignity, justice, and evidence—not scapegoating. Tell Congress to repeal this racist immigration ban: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

BREAKING: The Trump admin just expanded the #TravelBan. Read our response: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“No one should live in fear that their government will target them because of who they are or where they or their families are from." - IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper at today's @rcusa.bsky.social press call Read the full release:

IRAP has signed on to a letter urging the Trump administration to immediately reverse the recent actions that target refugee, asylee, and immigrant communities.

Important article by @apnews.com about the refugees affected by Trump's policies: apnews.com/article/refu...

NEW: IRAP Explainer on New Trump Administration Policies Impacting Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Afghan Nationals, and Immigrants from Countries Listed in the Travel Ban: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

"[Trump is] exploiting the tragedy to further his administration's anti-immigrant agenda. I think the American people can see through this as pretextual. They understand that Afghans put their lives on the line to support the US mission in Afghanistan." www.newarab.com/news/after-n...

“It’s really hard to overstate the tax of living in limbo while you’re waiting on a process that the government has simply stopped, really in an arbitrary manner. They’re scapegoating an entire nationality for the tragic acts of one person.” newrepublic.com/article/2039...

You opened the door to safety. Because of you, IRAP’s lawyers can answer the next call from someone in need of a safe home. From all of us at IRAP: thank you. P.S. Did you miss #GivingTuesday? It’s not too late to make a difference! Donate now: bit.ly/IRAPGT25

We’re just over halfway from reaching our #GivingTuesday goal and securing the entirety of our matching funds! Let’s finish strong - together: bit.ly/IRAPGT25

Today is #GivingTuesday and every dollar you give up $25,000 will be matched 1:1! Will you consider a gift to IRAP? Today, we will give you at least 3 important reasons to do so:

IRAP strongly condemns yesterday’s horrific violence against members of the National Guard in Washington, DC. Any act of violence is unacceptable. We extend our hopes for a full recovery to those wounded and our thoughts to their families and loved ones.

Read our statement in response to the USCIS memo ordering the revetting of resettled refugees, "one more in a long line of efforts to bully some of the most vulnerable members of our communities": refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

BREAKING: A federal court just ordered the Trump administration to delay its termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria while the legal case challenging the decision moves forward. Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

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“You have to attempt to live a normal life while going through a devastating instability, not knowing what might happen tomorrow." The Trump admin is attempting to terminate TPS for Syria on Friday. Read about how we're fighting back:

IMPORTANT SIV UPDATE: All SIV applications must be submitted by December 31, 2025. Visit bit.ly/SIV-update for more information.

IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper on the new refugee PD: "It’s also hugely problematic that this document sets up a race-based preference system instead of a humanitarian protection system..." via @thehill.com thehill.com/policy/inter...